Hen&#39;s nest.



W. G. JACKSON.

HENS NEST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1915.

1,182,175. Patented May 9,1916.

Inventor, Pi Ham 6. \Taakson,

THE COLUMBIA PLANoflRAPl-l 50., wAsHlNG'roN. n. C.

W. G. JACKSON- HENS NEST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1915.

Patented May 9,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 122mm) William 6. Jackson; y/7,

THE coLuMmA I'LANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, n. c.

I ments in nests.

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breaking the eggs,

vertical edges of said partitions Wire sar -ans earner-amen 1- WILLIAM G. aaonsoitor PENNGROVE, cannon-ma.-

nnns NEST.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

at lenngrove, in the countyofSonoma and State of California,

which thefollowing is a specification.

J'The present invention relates to improve for domestic fowls, the object of the invention being to provide means in such a nest for preventing the hens from getting on to the nest with muddy feet," to prevent brooding hens from crowding and eating the eggs, andto prevent the hens from roosting in the nest at night, time. A

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of my improvednest, open for use; Fig. 2 is a broken front view thereof; Fig. 3 is a to Fig. 1 of the nest in'its closed Referring to the drawing, I end posts, to which are secured end pieces 3, to which ends are secured a vertical series of transverse of each bar having parallelupper andlower s des, but the terminal portions '6 tapering to the ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Upon said mediate portionsof said bars are secured longitudinal boards '7, between which boardsare secured vertical partitions 8, of much less width than the width of the end pieces 1. To the lower portions of the are secured narrow longitudinal strips 9, to ,which are secured narrow horizontal. boards 11,'to the outer ends of which are hinged, as shown at 12, longitudinally extending lids 13, the

outer edges of which lids, when raised, can rest against the vertical edges of the partitions, and when lowered rest upon the tops of longitudinally extending wall sections 14, the ends of which are secured to the end posts. On the downwardly sloping terminal portions 6 of the upper edges of the bars are loosely supported bottomboards 16. On the upper edges of the uppermost partitions are secured longitudinally extending boards 17 forming a cover. From the intermediate wall sections extend outwardly shelves 18 forming landing places to facilitate the entrance of the hens to the intermediate nests. These shelves are hinged at their inner edges, as shown at 20, to the wall sections have. invented new i and: useful lmpro'vementsfin Hens, Nests, of p numberof saidrows of nests. In all-such;

to-prevent the hens from view similar. position. 2 indicates rested at the bottom of said board by a wall bars 4, the mediate portion 5 my an I I 's fie r n'- Patented l1iiay9,1916. I Application filed August 18, 1915. Seria1'1 To.46,072. l i

11' and-are supported by hooks 25,50

they can be dropped when the nests are.

closed. i 1

511 have here-inihown a vertical series of threerows of nests, but it is to be understood that this verticalseries may contain any cases the intermediate rows of. nests will be provided with shelves, the shelves being unnecessary for the lowermost and uppermost rows. e I

The apparatus is used in the followmg manner. The hen alights on one of the longitudinally extending lids, or on the shelf leading thereto, and walking ,inwardly, arrives at the longitudinal board 7' and between two partitions 8, which consti tutes a nest, After the'hen has laid an egg, andwhen she leavesthe nest, theegg will disappear at once to one side or the other of the narrowboard' 7, rolling down a slightly sloping bottom board 16, and will be an sectionli. In this position it can not be contaminated by muddy feet or other source of defilement. The eggs can easily becollected from the receptacles into which they have rolled by raising the lids 13.

Should it be desired to exclude the hens from the nests, and to prevent roosting.

thereon at night time, the lids 13 are raised into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the bottom boards 16 are raised and rest againstthe lids 13, thereby eifectually shutting ofi thehens from the nests. In this position the surfaces of the bottom boards which are normally uppermost will now be undermost and will be protected from dirt,

and any matter which may have become deposited upon the said uppermost surfaces will be knocked off and, fall to the earth.

Nests'will of course be made of such length, width and height as may be found most convenient. Since the width of either entrance to the nest is less than the length r of the nest the hen would find it difficult to turn around in the nest to sit cross-wise to egg and the egg would consequently have to roll out on the bottom board.

1; The combination of supports, a vertical series of central boards supported by said supports, eXtendingpartitions between the boards of a vertical series of vertically the series, downwardly and. outwardly sloping bottom board's;v adjacent to, said! central boards, and movable lids over the space immediately above said bottom boards.

2. The combination of'supports; a vertical series of central boards supported by said supports, a vertical series of vertically eX- tending partitions between the boards of the series, removable downwardly and out Wardly sloping bottom boards: adjacent to,

said central boards, and movable lids over the space immediately above said bottom boards;v

3. The combination of supports, a vertical wardly sloping: bottomv boards adjacent to said central boards, and hinged lids over the space: immediately above said bottomboards. p I t. The combination of: supports, a vertical series: of central boards supported by said supports, a vertical 5 series of vertically extendingpartitions: between vthe boards of the series, removable: downwardly and! outwardly slopingbottom boards adjacent to said central boards, a vertical" seriesof wall sections; at the lower ends oi' said bottom tendmg partitions between the boards of theseries, downwardly and outwardly sloping-bottoin boards adjacent to said central boards, a vertical series of wall sections at the lower endsofsaid bottom boards, and outwardly extending shelves supported by the intermediate wall sections, and movable 1 lids; overvt'he'space lmmediately" above said bottom boards- 6.- Dhecombinatior'x: of -a series of central boards,- a series of vertical partitions alli forming with the central. boards; nests, and outwardly and downwardly slopingr bottom boards: adjacent: to the-i central boards on each side of the sanres. the-distance between:

the partitions-beingsufficiently great to permit a henrofordiirary sizeito pass, b.ut not to turn", therebetween:

In testimony whereofl havelrere'unto set my hand in': the; presence of: two subscribing witnesses;

WILLIAM Gr; Jameson." 7'

Witnessesr:

Z. H. EAR Y, V Di S: HYDE.

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